This podcast includes some harsh language and blunt spoiling. But no man-butt. So you’re probably ok.

We did it, listeners! We made it four weeks without talking about the leaked episodes or the screeners the three of us saw. Our holding back and mild restricting ourselves in the name of anti-piracy is over. Rejoice. ALSO: out the window with our previous theories and any semblance of structure, this episode is all spoiling. We cover R+L = J, of course, but we also speculate where the whole show could end for Littlefinger, Varys, Dany, Jamie, Bron, Tyrion and Cersei. By that I mean we speculate about their deaths. Want to hear Neil’s crazy theory about how the season ends? That’s here. Want to know if Jon Snow is doomed? That’s here too. Want to hear Neil get spoiled for real live on our podcast? You best believe that’s here.

This is the Storm of Spoilers we’ve been waiting for all season! DIG IN!

In the book, when Maester Aemon talks to Jon about his vows being tested, he says that he was receiving ravens telling of his demise of his House and couldn’t do anything about it. It would be fairly easy for him to say Rhaegor sent him a raven telling him of his child with Lyanna. Also, it’s possible Jon is not actually a bastard. Targaryen’s had a history of engaging in polygamy, although they hadn’t engaged in it recently prior to the rebellion. Theoretically, Rhaegar could have secretly married Lyanna and, therefore, Jon wouldn’t actually be a bastard. Probably far fetched and not necessarily relevant to Jon’s arc, but still a possibility.

I know it’s called “A Storm Of Spoilers,” and I know the disclaimer that opens the program, so I walked into it myself and do not blame y’all at all, but I’m curious as to how exactly you got specific foreknowledge of what is going to take place in the coming episodes. I am referring to the death of Bronn, which I myself guessed was coming. I thought it was going to happen in episode 4 given that whole bit with Bronn and Jaime discussing how they would like to die and the fact that he’s no longer a relevant player in the books at this point in the story. Or was that actual foreknowledge? I was caught off guard and stopped listening immediately.

I listened to your first three episodes for this season, and although all book spoilers were on the table, you did not discuss anything that was coming on the show proper, even though I know you had knowledge of the first four episodes from the screeners/leak. Hence, I was a little confused by the apparent “rules” change in your conversation for episode four.

Basically what I was looking for in a podcast was discussion of the show that includes *only* book spoilers (as I’ve read the books) and not television spoilers. Unfortunately, I don’t think there is a podcast as good as yours that satisfies that condition. Also, I realize that as Benioff and Weiss run out of book material, the audience for that specific desire is shrinking.

Anyway, I greatly enjoyed y’all’s GOT banter, but I think I must stick only with Cast Of Kings going forward.

But Storm of Spoilers is trying to pull on all possible knowledge for use in our speculations. When we started, that was primarily book knowledge. However, the show has abandoned the books, so more of the “crackpotitude” that is referenced in the disclaimer takes over.

It’s from one of the videos HBO released about weapons on the show. Joanna thinks that guy is Bronn in disguise about to get his head chopped off. We don’t see his face, so we might be wrong. We’ll only see once the show airs.

And our general feeling, like yours, is that Bronn was gonna die.

I’m planning to reiterate to new listeners again next week, but I don’t believe in spoilers. Like the whole concept that your enjoyment can be lessened by knowing something that happens is foreign to me because so much is about execution and context and one’s personal experience.

But, to each their own. Thanks for checking us out! A Cast of Kings is great.

Appreciate your comment, Da7e, as well as your insight. I’m glad you take commenters seriously. That said, as much as I love book spoilers and fun speculation, I think it takes away a lot from the experience when the podcast’s analysis goes from “X may die, and here’s out that would affect some plot points” to instead “Oh, X is 100% gonna die. Totally. [Even though I have no real knowledge and could be completely wrong].” It seems just to be inserted for shock and to prove superior knowledge about how TV shows work. That kinda thing could be handled better (remembering not-so-fondly back on ‘Hashtag-Tenzin-Dies’). Obviously, it’s your show and you don’t have to take that suggestion to heart, but I feel that it’s not unreasonable to keep in mind.

We’ve done a bit at the top of the new show delineating between how we handle things we’ve found on the internet versus things we’re speculating on. It’s going to be a learn-as-we-go process ass the show pushes more out of book-trodden territory. For instance, I am terrified for Sansa. She’s so far off book that I keep expecting horrible things to happen to her. This week we speculate about potential ways the show could maneuver the characters from where they were in “Kill the Boy” to a place where I’m not so worried about Sansa anymore. None of it is based on any knowledge of Game of Thrones, the show, moving forward. It’s completely motivated by making me feel better. If it doesn’t work out, well, there’s always catching up on the podcasts after the season is over and laughing at how wrong we were. Old Republic City Dispatches are great for that too.

Hello. There is a wonderful, professional podcast called History of Westeros. NO future SHOW spoilers, only book discussion as it relates to the newest episodes. What’s cool is they have 2 podcasts a week. 1 is only show discussion with one book reader and non reader. The other is with book readers comparing and contrasting book to show. NO show spoilers, though I think they talk at the very end about the previews of the “next on Got”, but they will warn you.
Definitely worth a look, intelligent discussion but entertaining too.